Senior Counsel

Front is the leading AI-powered customer service platform built for collaboration. Front brings core support channels into a modern, intuitive workspace where teams can collaborate on requests, automate manual processes, and delight customers across their entire lifecycle. Front’s flexible workflows, AI features, and customer intelligence provide the efficiency and insights to keep entire organizations customer-first, every day. More than 9,000 of the most innovative companies worldwide including CultureAmp, HootSuite, and Y Combinator use Front to deliver five-star service at scale.

Backed by Sequoia Capital and Salesforce Ventures, Front has raised $204M from leading venture capital firms and independent investors including top executives at Atlassian, Okta, Qualtrics, Zoom, and PagerDuty. Front has received numerous Great Place to Work accolades, including Y Combinator’s list of Top Companies in 2023, #4 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™ ,Inc. Magazine’s 2022 Best Workplaces list, Forbes Best Startup Employers 2022 List, and Best workplaces for Millennials 2022 list.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Counsel to join our legal team. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of relevant legal experience, combining both law firm and in-house practice. This role requires comprehensive experience negotiating technology transactions with a strong background in privacy and data protection.  You are a proficient negotiator but enjoy flexing into other aspects of the business, and challenging yourself to learn about technology and its interplay with the law.  You will work cross functionally with various business units, including engineering and product teams.

What will you be doing?

• Lead and manage complex commercial transactions, including B2B SaaS and other commercial agreements (Master Services, Data Processing, Consulting, Professional Services, Reseller, NDA) with Front’s customers and vendors, direct and channel partnerships and strategic transactions.

• Provide legal support for Front business partners (Sales, Marketing, IT, People, Engineering and Product teams) to further their business objectives.  Possess a keen understanding of global commercial negotiation practices and provide sound business judgment and risk analysis.

• Experience advising on data privacy, data protection and the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the technology space (experience at a B2B SaaS company preferred).

• Assist in building a privacy compliance program to ensure compliance with US, European, and other international privacy laws.

• Utilize and implement a contract lifecycle management system to streamline contract processes.

• Enhance templates, playbooks, forms, policies, and processes to simplify and expedite deals and product/service terms.

• Provide strategic, creative and practical legal advice and continuously build a trusted partner relationship with clients.

• Drive constant cross functional improvement, scalability, and operational excellence in contract negotiations, contract management and continued implementation of a privacy program.

What skills & experience do you need?

• 6+ years of relevant legal experience with prior in-house experience preferred, although we will consider law firm practitioners.

• Working knowledge of global data privacy laws required.

• Experience at a B2B SaaS company required. 

• Expertise in commercial technology transactions, including B2B SaaS, direct, channel partnerships, and strategic transactions.

• Strong understanding of the enterprise SaaS space, experience working with international sales teams, global commercial negotiation practices, and revenue recognition standards.

• A passion for working at a technology company and ability to understand product development in conjunction with data protection regulations

• Strong knowledge of US, European, and international privacy laws that pertain to Front’s business.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Strong drafting skills with high attention to detail.

• Familiarity with using contract lifecycle management systems

• Proactive in driving enhancements of templates, forms, policies, and processes.

• Committed to continuous improvement, scalability, and operational excellence.

What we offer

• Competitive salary

• Equity (we are post-series D & backed by some of the best VCs in the US)

• Private health insurance, including plan options at no cost to employees

• Focus Fridays - learn more here!

• Flexibility to work from home 3 days/week (unless posted as a full-remote role)

• Mental health support with Workplace Options

• Family planning support with Maven

• $100 per month Lifestyle Stipend to spend on fitness and other activities

• Wellness Days - Fronteers get an additional day off on months with no holidays

• Winter Break - Our offices are closed from Christmas to New Year’s Day!

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